Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply.

I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.

Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.

I was born an optimist, as I always say. If I wake up in the morning with a pain in my chest, I'll always assume it's indigestion. It will probably be the end of me! But it's true - that's the kind of person I am.

I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.

A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview is what Barbara Walters or Connie Chung does in the States, in-depth, done properly.